Storyful has been running an internal feed of all the videos clients using its Chrome extension watch. Is this malice or incompetence?
The Guardian catches Storyful tracking what videos journalists are watching
social media verification
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Hoaxers are crippling Twitter's breaking news value
Buzzfeed's experience with breaking news makes it clear that hoaxes are eroding Twitter's value during a major news event.
Serious about "fake news"? Back Bellingcat
Any one paying attention to journalism right now knows that misinformation, disinformation and “fake news” are becoming a more significant part of our cultural landscape. Luckily, we have some very skilled people working to deal with these issue. In particular,…
Defining the real forms of Fake News
The lovely, lovely First Draft Coalition has been doing some excellent work in unpicking the roots of the real “Fake News”, before that phrase got co-opted. In particular, research director Claire Wardle has expended on work by Elliot Higgins to…
About that 1998 Trump interview…
You know this quote from Trump’s People magazine interview in 1998 that’s been doing the rounds? This one: Fake. Cognitive bias can catch you out, whatever side of the political spectrum you sit.…